(SLOW RHYTHMIC MUSIC) (VOCALIZING) ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO LIVIN' ♪ ♪ THESE STREETS REMIND ME OF QUICKSAND ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE ON IT, YOU'LL KEEP GOIN' DOWN ♪ ♪ GOIN' DOWN ♪ ♪ AND THERE'S NO ONE TO HOLD ON TO ♪ ♪ AND THERE'S NO ONE TO PULL YOU OUT ♪ ♪ YOU KEEP ON FALLIN', NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU CALLIN' ♪ ♪ SO YOU END UP SELF-DESTRUCTIN' ♪ ♪ ON THE CORNER WITH THE TOOLIE ON THE WAIST LINE ♪ ♪ JUST GOT UP OUT THE THING DOIN' STATE TIME
♪ ♪ TEETH MARKS ON MY BACK FROM THE K-9 ♪ ♪ DARK MEMORIES OF WHEN THERE WAS NO SUNSHINE ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE THEY SAID THAT I WOULDN'T MAKE IT ♪ ♪ I REMEMBER LIKE YESTERDAY ♪ ♪ HOLDIN' ON TO WHAT GOD GAVE ME ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE THAT'S THE LIFE ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ AND EATIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, SLEEPIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO, THAT'S THE LIFE ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ AND EATIN' IN
THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, SLEEPIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO LIVIN' ♪ ♪ NO NEED TO CHERISH LUXURIES ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE EVERYTHING COME AND GO ♪ ♪ EVEN THE LIFE THAT YOU HAVE IS BORROWED ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT PROMISED TOMORROW ♪ ♪ SO LIVE YOUR LIFE AS IF EVERY DAY IS GON' BE YOUR LAST ♪ ♪ ONCE YOU'VE MOVED FORWARD ♪ ♪ YOU CAN'T GO BACK JUST TO REMOVE YOUR PAST ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE YOU GOTTA BE WILLIN' TO PRAY ♪ ♪ YES, THERE GOTTA BE, THERE GOTTA
BE A BETTER WAY ♪ ♪ YES, YOU GOTTA BE WILLIN' TO PRAY ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE THERE GOTTA BE, THERE GOTTA BE A BETTER DAY ♪ ♪ WHOEVER SAID THAT THE STRUGGLE WOULD STOP TODAY ♪ ♪ A LOT A NIGGAS DEAD OR LOCKED AWAY ♪ ♪ TEENAGE WOMEN GROWIN' UP WITH AIDS ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE THAT'S THE LIFE ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, EATIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, SLEEPIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO, THAT'S THE LIFE ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN' IN THE
♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, EATIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, SLEEPIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO LIVIN' ♪ ♪ GUN SHOTS EVERY NIGHT IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ CROOKED COPS ON SIGHT IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ EVERYDAY IS A FIGHT IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH OH OH OH OH ♪ ♪ GHETTO LIVIN' ♪ ♪ GOT KIDS TO FEED IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ SELLIN' COKE AND WEED IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ EVERYDAY SOMEBODY BLEED IN THE ♪ ♪
GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH OH OH OH OH ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE THAT'S THE LIFE ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, LIVIN' BY THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, EATIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ THAT'S THE LIFE ♪ ♪ WHEN YOU'RE LIVIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, SLEEPIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ OH, LIVIN' IN THE ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO ♪ ♪ GHETTO LIVIN' ♪ (RHYTHMIC MUSIC CONTINUES) (RHYTHMIC MUSIC CONTINUES)
